Péronne grades D overall: better than 6% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 24 recorded violent incidents and 24.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,265/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). Its strongest is walkability (A−): 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Péronne with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Péronne.
Safety
Crime per resident in Péronne runs higher than in 98% of compared French towns
Péronne’s tally for 2025: 331 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Péronne (5,600 to 2,300): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
24recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage97
Family violence84
Other physical violence55
Sexual violence37
Theft from vehicles27
Burglary23
Vehicle theft8
Drug use80
Theft without violence69
Fraud46
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
24
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
331
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Péronne run above what its ages would predict: 115 per 100 expected, more than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Péronne. Women in Somme live to 84 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: from 2016 to 2025, 1,436 residents of Péronne died, against 982 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 46% more.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw146
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Péronne · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Peronne
15.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Saint Quentin
84 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Somme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
77.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 5.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #24 of 24 in Somme on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Péronne, 86.7% passed the bac, below both Somme’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Péronne has higher unemployment than Somme’s towns or compared French towns: 20.4%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €21,030 a year. At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Péronne didn’t travel to work at all. 17.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot13%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,600
jobs based in Péronne, 2.4 per working resident
20.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Péronne costs less than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,265/m², comes from 224 sales of houses and apartments in Péronne from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.83/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 90% were houses.
€1,265/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Péronne€1,265/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Somme median€1,799/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,244/m²
201
€10.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.33 to €12.49/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of people in Péronne are 65 or over, more than in Somme’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Somme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Péronne is 48.6 years old.
48.6median age
PéronneSomme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Péronne: 3 historic monuments, 3 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Somme’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Péronne is Anciennes fortifications.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Péronne
Is Péronne safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 97 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Péronne good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 160 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pierre Mendès France in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Péronne expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,265/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Péronne grades B+ for cost of living.
About Péronne
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Péronne is a commune of 7,090 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel). TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
7,090 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme (Combles - Péronne - Roisel)
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
